Cussler Hustlers
Two strangers, American and Canadian, go through EVERY Clive Cussler novel, from a (hopefully) modern progressive viewpoint. They also get off on tangents and talk about BETTER books, but there’s so much to love with these nerdy macho time capsules.
Episodes
Aug 15, 2026
Aug 15, 2026
57 min
THE DEMON OF DEATH! Twelve thrilling chapters of action and adventure, but the only ones to experience it are a pair of extremely calm archaeologists. Dirk discovers charcuterie. Loren hangs with some bikers. Al and Rudi charter a boat for a three hour tour. Tupac Amaru engages his active listening. Joseph Zolar hosts a fabulous showcase showdown. Billy Yuma discovers Chevy-based teleportation. Gaskill and Ragsdale are beaten by the chain of command. Topper wishes this was a Dungeon Crawler Carl podcast. Nancy wants to go out in a blaze of glory. ENHANCE!
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Aug 1, 2026
Aug 1, 2026
39 min
A shorter episode this week, but five of the best chapters Clive's ever written! Fun, creative, descriptive, evocative, and of course chock full of stupidity. Dirk does some manscaping. Shannon does some Incan decluttering. Giordino ponders the mystery cheese. The Zolar crime family hires some very smart idiots. Clive discovers white-people spice. Enhance. Enhance. ENHANCE!!!
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Jul 18, 2026
Jul 18, 2026
52 min
The plot thickens! Clive adds a few dollops of extra villains, complete with sumptuous meals just to highlight how evil they are. America wants to bring some greasy, oily FREEDOM to Peru. Dirk blows out his hole. Shannon gets wet. Al gives a hard jerk. Rudi is getting too old for this shit. Saint Julien absolutely, positively needs it delivered overnight, guaranteed. Oh, and don't do drugs, kids.
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Jul 5, 2026
Jul 5, 2026
57 min
Better late than never, right? Our 100th Episode Spectacular kicks off by being a full day late, mostly because we didn't want to take attention away from America's 250th Birthday. They need all the help they can get right now. Kinda like Sexy Doctor Shannon and The Evil Miller Doppelganger! Dirk Pitt pulls a Mel Gibson on some South American mercenaries. Al blames Dirk for a shark attack. Shannon needs a director's commentary for having her life saved. Tupac Amaru had to go and make this personal. Undercover Agent Gaskill needs a woman's touch.
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Jun 6, 2026
Jun 6, 2026
59 min
Book Twelve! Episode One! The book I kinda had in mind when we started this whole dang podcast. The book I re-read half a dozen times. The book that seemed the absolute pinnacle of action and adventure for me. Will it hold up on a modern re-read? So far... kinda! Our heroine is a voluptuous blonde professor with impulse control problems! Al operates the transporter for the away team! Dirk gets sucked down a slimy doom hole! Communist revolutionaries have their good name abused by colonial capitalism! The bad guy is defeated already! ... wait, what?
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May 23, 2026
May 23, 2026
45 min
CAUTION: This episode contains 0% of your Daily Dirk Allowance. In spite of that, Nancy and Topper sit down ostensibly to talk about remote obscure islands, but the story of so many of them was intensely repetitive (Europeans showed up and fucked its shit). So, we start talking cars, and how much we hate them. There are some bright spots, though! Fan mail and LGBTQIA2S+ ahoy!
A BETTER podcast just wouldn't have released this episode, but you get what you pay for.
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May 9, 2026
May 9, 2026
2 min
Short episode this week, due to illness and horrible schedules. However, this is a good time talk to YOU... the PEOPLE. Or, the opposite? We want to HEAR from you! 100th Episode Mailbag questions are now open, so feel free to ask us anything or tell us anything! There's also a couple specific things we'd like to know, so... just hit play and listen, ok? It's not even three minutes long. Come on, you're not that busy. I can see the Doritos.
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Apr 25, 2026
Apr 25, 2026
1hr 21 min
Hi, howareya? It's Sahara: The Podcast Episode Of The Film Of The Movie Of The Book! Nancy and Topper have a lot of confused, delighted, ambivalent opinions about this hundred-million-dollar epic adventure. On the one hand, they managed to compress nearly every single plot point from a very large book into a movie... but somehow leaving out Abraham Lincoln is a step too far. On the other hand, this film is much too long, and still seems rushed to a deranged degree. On the third hand, the first half holds together REALLY well... so maybe Clive Cussler's on-set meddling was actually helping? Everyone on camera had a blast, and everyone on microphone can't wait to rant about it!
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Apr 12, 2026
Apr 12, 2026
1hr 8 min
It's over! We're done! We made it! All seventeen plots come to a satisfying fruition. Dirk Pitt uses his Boyscout skills to roast men alive. Giordino pulls a Jesse James. Eva Rojas becomes bored of golf. Massarde acquires a taste for doctors. Kazim doesn't know how to drive a stick shift. Abraham Lincoln's ears survive the Reconstruction. Another case of boys will be boys. Join us in a couple weeks for our mega-exclusive coverage of the hot new Hollywood Cussler film, Sahara!
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Mar 28, 2026
Mar 28, 2026
55 min
Just when he gets out, they pull him back in... to the Sahara! The top United Nations black ops kill team escorts Pitt and Giordino back to Tebezza, with sexy results. St Julien Perlmutter busts into the story like the Kool-Aid Man. Eva Rojas hopes you won't think she's wanton. Our heroes become forklift certified. Melika dies with dignity. Kitty Mannock finished her stroll.
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